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Tots

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tot

1[tot]
noun
1.
a small child.
2.
Chiefly British. a small portion of a beverage, especially a dram of liquor.
3.
a small quantity of anything.

Origin:
1680–90; perhaps short for totterer

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Tots is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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tot

2[tot] ,verb, tot·ted, tot·ting, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to add; total (often followed by up).
noun
2.
a total.
3.
the act of adding.
4.
British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.

Origin:
1745–55; < Latin: so much, so many

un·tot·ted, adjective
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tot
"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1690, short for total.
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